Guest Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 Hi. I have just started working as a tutor and one of the units requires the students to design a floor plan for their setting. Where can I look to get some examples reflecting good practice?
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 (edited) Hi Ratts - welcome to the Forum and congratulations on the new job! Community Playthings have some planning tools on their website (I'm sure there's a CD-Rom you can send for). A good place might be to look in one of the textbooks, depending upon the course you are teaching:- Tina Bruce/Carolyn Meggitt - Child Care and Education has a good section on planning/layout of the environment with good descriptions of why areas are necessary, and factors to take into consideration Penny Tassoni/Kate Beith - Diploma Child Care and Education has a large section about the environment generally and discusses layout briefly I have to say that when I have taught this I tend to get the students to do all the work! They will/should have gained information about what makes a good book corner for instance, and therefore would be able to translate this knowledge into making decisions about where to put their book corner (eg not near a main thoroughfare, somewhere with good natural light etc). I also ask learners if they have a copy of their own setting's floor plans - useful for tracking children as they move around the setting. These provide a good focus for discussion about what they would do if they had unlimited space (and money). Hope you find what you need! Maz Edited April 15, 2008 by HappyMaz
AnonyMouse_10713 Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 Hi and welcome to the forum from me too!!
AnonyMouse_1326 Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 hi and welcome you could alwasy make you own up with everythhing need for the unit
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